Process Engineer

First Quality • Lewistown, PA

17d • Onsite

About The Position

First Quality is a family-owned company with over 35 years of history, employing over 5,000 team members across the U.S. and Canada. We produce high-quality personal care and household products. We are seeking an experienced Process Engineer for our facility in Lewistown, PA. This role provides technical leadership on assigned lines with similar technology, collaborating with Product Development, Production, Planning, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, and Project Engineering to achieve goals related to new products, product improvements, cost and quality improvements, and manufacturing equipment utilization, reliability, speeds, scrap rates, and efficiency.

Requirements

• Qualified four year degree in Chemical, Electrical, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in high speed paper converting or web based film/paper/non-woven fabric manufacturing operations, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Works closely with Production, Planning, QA, & Maintenance to meet daily production goals, priorities, coverage and special projects.
• Provides technical leadership for continuous improvement projects on his/her assigned lines for improvements in efficiency, scrap, speeds, quality, and safety.
• Leads and/or assists PD & QA on new product / process improvement and materials trials on his/her assigned production lines while minimizing production impacts.
• Maintains, audits, and updates as needed “Good Run” documentation, insuring process conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.
• Works closely with production supervisor on his/her assigned lines to provide focused daily direction and technical support to crews and maintenance.
• For new lines/equipment within his/her assigned technology, may lead the process definition on new production lines and major equipment and the startup, insuring all process “Good Run” conditions and measurements are defined, documented, and shared with operators.
• Insures OSHA and company procedural compliance in assigned lines activities.
• Flexibility to meet the business needs of a 24/7 operation.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level